Family Group Sheets

INSTRUCTIONS

Information for your family group sheet may be sent to me via e-mail. In order to protect the privacy rights of living relatives, please include only those family members which are deceased. Type LIVING in the appropriate
line for any family member still living.
If you can cut & paste and have a text editor you may prefer to enter your information on the
Free FORM by Elaine Johnson and mail the completed form instead. I will correct any alignment problems prior to posting.
You may also include a digitized photograph if you have access to a scanner.

PLEASE adhere to the following guidelines when sending your information.

Put Cabell County FGS in subject line.

List husband & wife first followed by children in chronological order.

Use the following format for each entry.

Full Name of husband. Use maiden name for wife. If wife Surname not known type Unknown.

Birth: day month year Place: any town, any county, state

Died: day month year Place: any town, any county, state

Burial: day month year Place: cemetery, town, county, state

Marr: day month year Place: any town, any county, state

Include parents names and birth date if known.

Children: enter the names of each child in the order of their birth including all known information in the above format.

Spouse: type name here. Include spouse if known followed by marriage date in parenthesis.

Here is an example of how your entry should look if you are typing the information following the above format.